Hey New Zealand

[roxy_nz]

Hey all im new to this site but have heard this is the best site to contact people that have the same interest as me! well im a 20 year old female i have been working in the gym enviroment for 2 years now! recently moving back to nz 2months ago! i have recently become very interested in doing figure building! i dont know any females that do this so hopefully can get some help on here! basically what i want to do is train my self and build up for next year! im real excited and commited! and cant wait to start seeing some good results

[Dinahlady]

Hey - Welcome.

Same age as me!

There are a few figure girls around....

I would recommend you read lots of articles online, in books and watch lots of videos, try and get yourself interested in learning more about different appraoches diet and training around the sport. I definitely think that keeps it all fresh and interesting and keeps motivation up there.

Diet is a very important factor and even if your training is amazing you won't necessarily be getting the results you want with a poor diet, so really put emphasis into learning about macronutrients and calorie amounts.

Set yourself goals and targets and try out a few approaches you find interesting to try and achieve this particular goal and monitor your progress and changes.

Its a long journey and theres so much to learn and so many different ways to approach the sport. Just keep an open mind and see how much you can learn and find out what works for you.

If you feel you need more help than that I would say get a trainer in a local gym to help you out in person with things like exercise form or setting out a diet and training program based around your goals, existing diet and previous experiences that you can start off with and get some results while you are doing your own research.

but definitely remember theres more than one way to do these things and being curious and questioning of ideas and the science and research behind them is the way forward in my book

Good luck !

[Pseudonym]

Well said, Dinah. And welcome, Roxy!